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TIL Kit Harrington, the actor who plays Jon Snow, is related to John Harington, the man who invented the first flushable toilet.

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awPK9 TIL: There is a species of moth called the Bagworm moth. They build a cocoons out of sticks and small twigs. These cocoons can sometimes look like small log cabins. After metamorphosis the female of the species spend their whole lives, of a few weeks, in the little home they made.
olmo TIL Ray Bradbury first titled Fahrenheit 451 “The Fireman”, then called a local fire station to ask what temperature it would take to actually ignite books. The responding firemen placed him on hold and burnt a book, then reported that the heat required was “Fahrenheit 451″.
70Lb TIL that 1 / 998001 gives a complete sequence from 000 to 999 in order
yVN7a TIL that F.D.R was directly responsible for founding The March of Dimes, which prompted the U.S. Government to place his image on the dime in 1946. The charity was started by friend of Roosevelt, Basil O'Conner to raise money for the Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
699pw TIL that the northernmost point of land on earth is a small island off the coast of Greenland, 83-42, named after its latitude of 83 degrees 42 minutes north, but its official recognition is still pending due to its very small size.